It was a left counterpunch that nobody saw coming. Especially not Fernando Montiel.
Nonito Donaire Jr.’s sensational second round annihilation of the feared Mexican title-holder to wrest the WBC and WBO bantamweight titles at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas last Feb. 19 was enshrined in the sport by ESPN and RingTV.com as Knockout of the Year for 2011.
Nonito Donaire is back in town following his uneventful conquest of the reluctant Argentine challenger Omar Narvaez in New York last week. Network giant ABS-CBN wasted no time in parading the pound-for-pound prince on national TV. He appeared in “Showtime” (where so-so judges judge talent) and the unimaginatively titled noontime show “Happy, Yippee, Yehey.” The [...]
NEW YORK CITY – Lost amid the hype and hoopla of Nonito Donaire Jr.’s bout against Omar Narvaez, and the subsequent disappointment that followed the Filipino Flash’s victory was one question begging an answer: Has Nonito Donaire made a Faustian bargain? There was that brief buzz around the Big Apple when the Filipino Flash showed [...]
Filipino three-division world champion Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire Jr. stakes his WBC and WBO bantamweight titles against Omar Narvaez of Argentina on Oct.ober 23 (Manila time) at the Madison Square Garden in New York. Donaire, who totes a 26-1-0 record with 18 knockouts, will defend the crowns he won from Fernando Montiel whom he [...]
Nonito Donaire Jr. will be fighting as a bantamweight for the last time on October 22, possibly against undefeated super flyweight champion Omar Andres Narvaez of Argentina.
